KR20010076815A - Devices for digital satellite broadcasting for use web-tv - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A ground wave digital broadcasting system having the automatic programming function of an interactive program by using a web TV is provided to give a viewer's opinion with a remote controller by using the data transmitting/receiving function of a digital satellite broadcasting. CONSTITUTION: A transmitting unit(20) performs an up-converting for a ground wave television digital signal comprising image, sound and additional information, and transmits the signal to the air. A program file unit(40) comprises a recording media recoding a plurality of programs and image reproducing apparatuses for reproducing selectively in response to an automatic programming control signal. A public opinion investigation-processing unit(50) generates the processing and resulting information of a public opinion investigation for viewers. An additional information-generating unit(60) generates the processing and resulting information as additional information. An automatic programming control unit(60) generates the automatic programming control signal in response to the public opinion investigation resulting data. A master control unit(80) provides the transmitting unit(20) with the image, sound and additional information in response to the automatic programming control signal.

Description

Terrestrial digital broadcasting device with interactive program automatic transmission function using web TV {Devices for digital satellite broadcasting for use web-tv}

The present invention relates to a terrestrial digital broadcasting device having an interactive program automatic transmission function using a web TV. In particular, one broadcast program is divided into several stages, and a plurality of sub-programs are prepared at each stage, and a public opinion survey is conducted. The present invention relates to a broadcast apparatus capable of automatically transmitting a selected subprogram among a plurality of subprograms.

In general, since a broadcast program produced by a broadcasting station is unilaterally transmitted to viewers, the viewer's opinion cannot be reflected in the program. Therefore, after the end of the program, the viewers are gathering opinions and reflecting them in the production of the next program.

In particular, the TV drama has a great influence on the viewers, and various opinions are received from the viewers according to the story development of the drama.

However, since the TV drama is already unfolding a fixed story unfold, there was a problem that does not reflect the opinion of the viewer in the middle.

Therefore, in order to overcome such a problem, the applicant has applied for and registered an automatic transmission apparatus and method (patent application Nos. 95-16069 and 95-16068) of an interactive broadcasting program using a telephone answering system.

Using the automatic telephone answering system, it was cumbersome for viewers to watch the television and watch the subtitles of the polls and call the broadcasting station to give their opinion. Therefore, there is a problem that it is limited to collect the opinions of more viewers.

In order to solve the problems of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to use a digital satellite broadcasting data transmission / reception function so that a viewer can easily provide an opinion by using a remote controller. The present invention provides a terrestrial digital broadcasting device having a program automatic transmission function.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a terrestrial digital broadcasting apparatus having an interactive program automatic transmission function according to the present invention.

2 is a system diagram showing a tree structure of an interactive broadcast program according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart for explaining a method of transmitting an interactive broadcast program according to the present invention;

In order to achieve the above object, an apparatus of the present invention includes a transmitter which up-converts a terrestrial digital television signal multiplexed with video, audio, and additional information and transmits it to the air, and a plurality of sub programs having a tree structure for one main program. A program file unit including a plurality of video reproducing apparatuses each equipped with a recording medium and selectively reproducing in response to an automatic transmission control signal, a poll for a viewer's broadcast program, and a poll for a broadcast program; A poll processing unit that generates result information and processes the viewer information received through the Internet to generate poll result data; and an additional information generating unit that generates the questionnaire, the poll progress and the result information as additional information. And, in response to the survey result data, an automatic transmission control signal is issued. The automatic transmission control unit and the additional information and the video and audio signal in response to the automatic transmission control signal, characterized in that it comprises a master controller for providing to the transmitter.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the present invention.

1 shows a configuration of a terrestrial digital broadcasting apparatus having an interactive program automatic transmission function according to the present invention. The terrestrial digital broadcasting television broadcasting apparatus of FIG. 1 includes an antenna 10, a transmitter 20, a program file unit 40, a polling processing unit 50, an additional information generating unit 60, an automatic transmission control unit 70, and a master. The control unit 80 is included.

The transmitter 20 includes an image encoder 21, an audio encoder 22, a data encoder 23, a multiplexer 24, a channel coding unit 25, and a transmitter 26. The video encoder 21, the voice encoder 22, and the data encoder 23 compress and encode data by the MPEG method. The multiplexer 24 multiplexes the encoded video, audio, and data information and outputs the bit stream. The channel coding unit 25 scrambles the multiplexed information, modulates it in a QPSK scheme, up-converts it through an equalization process, and then converts it into a high frequency signal. The converted high frequency signal is amplified by the transmitter 26 and transmitted to the air through the antenna.

The program file unit 40 includes a plurality of video reproducing apparatuses, for example, video tape players VCR1 to VCRn, and operates a selected VCR in response to an automatic transmission control signal to reproduce a program recorded on a video tape, thereby controlling a master control unit ( 80).

The poll processing unit 50 includes a polling system (POIS; PUBLIC OPTION INVESTGATION SYSTEM) and a terminal computer. The polling system (POIS) is enabled in response to an automatic transmission control signal, aggregates viewer information received through the Internet 100 to count pros and cons, and generates corresponding text data to generate additional information generator 60. To provide. In addition, the POIS analyzes the aggregation result of the pros and cons data, and provides the result information to the automatic delivery control unit 70.

The additional information generating unit 60 receives the text data provided from the poll processing unit 50 and formats the additional data generation format into the additional information format of the television signal of the terrestrial digital broadcasting to provide it to the master control unit 80.

The automatic transmission control unit 70 includes an automatic transmission system (APS) and a terminal computer. The automatic transmission system (APS) performs an automatic transmission program to perform an automatic transmission control signal for selecting a VCR of the program file unit 40, an enable control signal of the polling system, and an input and output signal of the master control unit 80. Outputs the selection control signal.

The master controller 80 switches the signals provided from the program file unit 40 and the additional information generator 60 in response to the automatic transmission control signal, and outputs the signals to the video, audio, and data encoders 21, 22, and 23, respectively. .

Each subscriber digital web receiver 110 receives a digital broadcast signal received through an antenna, and the received signal recovers video, audio, and data signals through channel decoding and MPEG decoding. The digital web 110 displays the reconstructed video, audio and data signals.

The viewer views the additional information displayed on the screen, for example, the questionnaire of the poll, and selects the desired answer with the remote controller 118. Therefore, the viewer selection information selected by the viewer is provided to the poll processing unit 50 of the poll broadcasting station via the Internet 100 connected through the modem. That is, when the desired answer is selected by the remote controller, the URL of the corresponding broadcasting station is automatically selected, the site of the corresponding broadcasting station is automatically connected through the modem, and the viewer selection information is provided through the connected communication network.

2 shows a tree structure of an interactive broadcast program according to the present invention.

Broadcasting programs such as dramas, such as dramas, such as moon-hwa dramas, tree dramas, mini-series and the like. As such, the series is a scenario as a whole, so the configuration is made by riding. Therefore, it can be divided into four parts, and the winning part, which occupies 80% of the scenarios, can be divided into several parts centering on the case.

Therefore, in the present invention, at least one subprogram of each part of the scenario is pre-recorded at the time of production of the program, recorded on a recording medium such as video tape, and prepared. According to the result of the survey, it is determined whether a program selected from among the plurality of winning sub-programs prepared in advance reflects the opinion of the viewer, and is sent to the sub-program for the development of the next story.

Referring to FIG. 2, in an embodiment of the present invention, a broadcast program is divided into four parts, a subprogram for a previous part, two subprograms for a winning part, four subprograms for all parts, and a missing part. Prepare two subprograms each.

Here, each subprogram of the same part has a story that is developed into different events. For example, in the setting of a character who opposes the marriage of character A and character B, A's father, A's friend, A's company's boss, etc. may be set, B's mother, B's friend, B's All programs for the case where a teacher is set up are produced and kept at the time of production, and in setting up such characters, the story can be developed in a direction in which the opinions of the viewers are reflected by determining and determining the opinions of the viewers.

3 is a flowchart for explaining a method of transmitting an interactive broadcast program according to the present invention.

When the automatic transmission list is input in the automatic transmission control program (APS) (200), the video tape of the VCR1 of the program file unit 40 is reproduced to start guiding the interactive broadcast program (202). In the playback apparatus of the main control room, the tapes of the broadcast program to be transmitted are prepared by the tapemen so that the VCR2 is the main program and the VCR3 and the VCR4 are prepared as subprograms (204). After the preparation is completed, when broadcasting is started, the VCR2 is operated so that the sub-program of the first part is provided to the master controller 80 (206), and the provided video and audio signals are modulated into terrestrial digital television signals and transmitted to the air. do. Accordingly, digital broadcasting is displayed in each subscriber's digital web screen. At the end of this section, it is checked whether the polling start time is reached (208). When the polling start time is reached, the automatic sending control unit 70 generates an automatic sending control signal for operating the polling system (210).

In response to the automatic transmission control signal, the polling processing unit 50 inputs an APS signal (224) and checks whether or not to start the polling (226). If the poll is to be started, the survey information for the poll is provided to the additional information generator 60. The additional information generating unit 60 converts the provided questionnaire information into a format of additional information and provides it to the data encoder via the master control unit 80. The transmitter 20 multiplexes the additional information with video and audio data and transmits it in the air as a terrestrial digital television signal.

Accordingly, in the subscriber digital webTV, a poll questionnaire is displayed as subtitles. When the viewer selects an answer corresponding to the questionnaire on the subtitles, the viewer selection information is transmitted to the poll processing unit 50 of the broadcasting station through the Internet 100.

The broadcasting station poll processing unit 50 receives viewer selection information provided through the Internet 100 (228).

The received data is provided to the poll processing unit 50. The poll processing unit 50 counts the viewer information provided. The counted poll progress is relayed to each subscriber in real time in the additional information through the above-described transmission process (230). The polling processing unit 50 checks the polling end time (232), and if the polling ending time, the polling result is provided to the automatic transmission control unit 70 (234).

The automatic transmission control unit 70 closes the poll (212) and generates an automatic transmission control signal according to the survey result (214). According to the poll result (216), if the number of votes for question A is large, VCR3 is selected (218). If the number of votes for B is large, VCR4 is selected (220). By playing and transmitting the selected VCR, the program proceeds in the direction of play development in which the viewer opinion is reflected.

Preparing the next program. The same method as described above is repeated to broadcast the program (222).

Although described above with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art various modifications and variations of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below I can understand that you can.

As described above, according to the present invention, by conducting a survey using additional information of terrestrial digital television broadcasting, receiving viewer information on the viewer's opinion through the Internet and reflecting the result in the program, according to the result of the opinion poll of the viewer Since one of a plurality of sub-programs which are to be developed next is selected and transmitted, a broadcast program capable of communicating with a viewer is possible. Viewers don't need to make a phone call to answer the poll, but simply select the answer in the poll's questionnaire displayed on the subtitles while watching TV. By doing so, more viewers can be heard.

Claims (1)

A transmitter for up-converting the terrestrial digital television signal multiplexed with video, audio, and additional information and transmitting the same to the air; A program file unit including a plurality of image reproducing apparatuses equipped with a recording medium on which a plurality of sub programs provided in a tree structure for each main program are recorded, and selectively reproducing in response to an automatic transmission control signal; A poll processing unit for generating a poll questionnaire for the viewer's broadcasting program, poll progress and result information, and processing poll viewer information received through the Internet to generate poll result data; An additional information generator for generating the questionnaire and the poll proceeding and the result information as additional information; An automatic transmission control unit for generating an automatic transmission control signal in response to the poll result data; And And a master controller for providing video and audio signals and additional information to the transmitter in response to the automatic transmission control signal.